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Let me begin with a simple admission. I don’t know much about gardening. Until a few weeks ago, I had never planted a seed, or maintained houseplants. My thumbs weren’t green, they were red and swollen from playing Xbox.
Jake's Wimshurst Machine and How to Build It! (Part 1) | The Steampunk Workshop
Last year I wrote an article for Make Magazine volume #17 that described the construction of an electrostatic generator of electricity, a Wimshurst Influence machine, using parts and materials commonly available at your local home center and hardware store. I was a little surprised and quite pleased when I realized that the contract from O'Reilly Media (the publishers of Make:) had me retaining copyright for the material I submitted. What I sold to O'Reilly was basically a right to use and to publish first. So here it is for your enjoyment!
Copper Plating and Etching Altoids Tins | The Steampunk Workshop
While looking for information on transferring toner using a fuser assembly from an old laser printer I ran across several websites where people suggested using glossy magazine pages for transferring printed circuit board images to a copper substrate. I thought I'd give this a try for etching Altoid tins, so I cut up a likely magazine. Preparing the Altoids tins turned out to be harder then I predicted. The paint stripper I use comes in a spray can and is sold as "Paint & Epoxy Remover." It's strong stuff. If you get even a drop on your skin it hurts like hell and you need to flush the area with lots of water to make it stop.I saw this artwork by photographer Amanda Weil , in House Beautiful and I thought the idea of a transparent or translucent image printed on glass was intriguing. Old daguerreotypes were printed on glass, so the idea could be adapted for some very steampunk images. Weil makes furniture and screens as well as wall art, but for the DIY photographer, I'd look into Fracture .
The Steampunk Home
Posted by proteus on March 28th,2012 Posted by HAC on March 23rd,2012 The 3rd Annual Steampunk World’s Fair is coming up soon. The fair will run May 18-20 in Piscataway, NJ and will host more guests, welcome more attendees, and provide more entertainment than any other Steampunk event in the world More info to follow, stay tuned! Posted by HAC on March 22nd,2012
